Deporting 'Ah Sin' to Save the White Race: Moral Panic, Racialization, and the Extension of Canadian Drug Laws in the 1920s

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Traces the history and impact of a 'moral panic' over drugs in Vancouver during the 1920s. The factsheet links anti-Chinese racism with the development of Canada's severe anti-drug legislation.

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References

Carstairs, Catherine. "Deporting 'Ah Sin' to Save the White Race: Moral Panic, Racialization and the Extension of Canadian Drug Laws in the 1920s." Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadien d'Histoire De La Medecine 16, no. 1 (1999): 65-88.

Source Authors

Catherine Carstairs

Events

The Chinese Immigration Act, Vancouver Race Riots

Keywords

'Race' as a Political Tool, Anti-Asian Racism, Challenge Stereotypes, Drug Legislation, Historicizing Whiteness, History of Racism, Inclusions & Exclusions, Legal History, Media and Power, Nation Building Narrative, Organized Resistance, Police Violence, Racialization, Racist Language, Racist Legislation, Racist Stereotyping, Stories and Power, White Supremacy

Key Figures

Emily Murphy, Joseph Kehoe, William Lyon McKenzie King

Locations

British Columbia, Canada, Turtle Island, Vancouver

Themes

History